Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison
by Michel Foucault
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Author: Michel FoucaultEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1995-04-25
ISBN: 0679752552
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Vintage
Summary of Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison
In this brilliant work, the most influential philosopher since Sartre suggests that such vaunted reforms as the abolition of torture and the emergence of the modern penitentiary have merely shifted the focus of punishment from the prisoner's body to his soul.Literature & Fiction Books
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